Gameroom Rock/Paper/Scissors Tournament IV

**GeneralHankerchief** · 02-23-2016, 21:06

You're the last one in for the tournament.

For betting, you can join in at any time, so if you're reading this just post to indicate interest.

Give me an hour or four to determine the matchups, etc, and we'll start!

**Zack** · 02-23-2016, 21:09

There. Now let's start!

**GeneralHankerchief** · 02-23-2016, 21:10

Originally Posted by Zack

There. Now let's start!

Don't rush me.

**Zack** · 02-23-2016, 21:10

**GeneralHankerchief** · 02-23-2016, 22:07

Tournament Start

Master list of matchups:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

You will note that this tournament has 13 entrants instead of 12. The top four seeds will still receive first-round byes in the knockout round, but last place, the #13 seed, will miss out on the knockout round entirely. This is done to patch out an exploit that a certain person WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS used in order to go into the knockout round while purposely not scoring a single point in the round robin.

It is now Day 1! Scheduled matchups for today:
Zack vs. Csargo
Myrddraal vs. Sigurd
Visorslash vs. edse
Winston Hughes vs. atheotes
seireikhaan vs. Al Sipsclar
El Barto vs. BSmith
Jolt (bye)

Please PM me with your choice for either Rock, Paper, or Scissors. In addition, please send me your backup choice in case the first throws end in a tie. Once I get all results, I will resolve them immediately. Good luck!

**GeneralHankerchief** · 02-23-2016, 22:07

Betting Start

This is going to be a little ad-hoc, so bear with me. First of all, you can sign up to bet at any point during the tournament, even if you've missed out on signups/only discovered the thread halfway through.

Everyone who signs up to bet starts with 100 gold - no rebuys allowed. Probably. You can wager on anything you want to, publicly or privately, but both/all sides must confirm to me - again, publicly or privately - in order for the bet to go through.

Bets do not have to be even on both sides: i.e. you can set up a wager where you can put up 1 gold saying that an unlikely event will happen (exactly four draws in one round, let's say) and somebody can take that bet but put up 10 gold. This could work out either way: on one hand, it's a good way to pick up small amounts of money, but on the other hand it could be a way to take a big gamble and have it pay off.

I will let you know when I receive all orders and begin my writeup. Bets made in the interim will be allowed, but there might not be enough time for all sides to agree unless you're online at the same time.

Various tournament errata:
- No #1 seed has ever won the tournament
- Each tournament has been won by someone from a Commonwealth nation (twice Australia, once UK)
- Sigurd has appeared in all four tournaments and made at least the semifinals each time, though he has never won
- atheotes and seireikhaan have appeared in three tournaments, though neither has made a semifinal
- This will be the second tournament for Csargo, BSmith, Zack, Visorslash, and edse. Visorslash is the defending champion.
- Out of the 32 entrants in the previous three tournaments, one person has made it through the round robin stage without any defeats

I can't think of any others at the moment but you should all get the idea of what you can bet on by now.

Bettors:
Zack - 100
El Barto - 100
BSmith - 100
Al Sipsclar - 100
atheotes - 100
edse - 100
Csargo - 100
Myrddraal - 100
Winston Hughes - 100
seireikhaan - 100

Jolt - 100 (unconfirmed)

**edse** · 02-23-2016, 22:27

I want to bet 20 on 3 or more rocks thrown in the first round. Anyone take it?

**seireikhaan** · 02-24-2016, 01:22

Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

You will note that this tournament has 13 entrants instead of 12. The top four seeds will still receive first-round byes in the knockout round, but last place, the #13 seed, will miss out on the knockout round entirely. This is done to patch out an exploit that a certain person WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS used in order to go into the knockout round while purposely not scoring a single point in the round robin.

You give me too little credit. You aint seen nothin' yet.

**Myrddraal** · 02-24-2016, 15:31

The mind boggles... I probably should know more about how this betting thing actually works before throwing myself into it.

Can I bet with skewed odds?

i.e. I'll take 10 if fewer than 6 rocks are shown, but give away 5 if 6 or more show?